Here's a fun one..

[Sam Smoot]

I am reading a text field from a file, using it as a float value, and then storing it in an ArrayList of objects. The problem is this...
When I try using

         NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

then

  
       System.out.println("\nPrice:\t" + nf.format(price));

On a Windows platform (or through a Windows telnet client to a Unix server), the dollar sign "$" shows up fine. On a Sun workstation on the ...SAME network, I get a "?". If you "hardcode" a "$" (or use a pattern) it shows up ok. I would think, however, that the getCurrencyinstance() method with the .format() should be the correct way to display the field....
Anyone else have this kind of problem?
Thanks...
[ February 10, 2003: Message edited by: Sam Smoot ]

[Tim Perkuhn]

Same as you described on my machines.
Because on my Windoze box i got the system propertie user.region, but not on my Sun!

[Neil Laurance]

Sounds like a locale difference between your windows and UNIX platforms. I believe A US locale on your PC would cause the currency instance to use $, whilst another locale on your UNIX platform is causing the currency instance to use the generic currency symbol ¤ which may not be representable by your terminal.

[Neil Laurance]

To ensure consistent behaviour, override the default locale behaviour. The NumberFormat class has two static methods to assist you:
public static java.util.Locale[] getAvailableLocales()
public static NumberFormat getInstance(java.util.Locale locale)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/text/NumberFormat.html
Hope this helps
[ February 11, 2003: Message edited by: Neil Laurance ]

[Sam Smoot]

I'll check it out... THanks.!